Google Searches For the Word ‘Delayering’ Up 558% Since Today’s EY Global All-Hands Call
Apparently there was an EY Global all-hands today and at some point during it, leadership mentioned an important tidbit of information and then promptly breezed right past it. A tipster tells us: EY all hands, people do not seem happy. Staff on the call were told the firm will be focused on ‘delayering’ in fiscal […]
We’re Loud Quitting Now
You know who needs to great resignate and/or quit loudly? The people who come up with these stupid workplace trend buzzwords. Oh well, we’ve got another one for you. The masters of the poll at Gallup have released their State of the Global Workplace 2023 Report and by quickly skimming it we discover that the […]
Armanino Adds Marketing to the List of Services on Offer
Article image is a still from Armanino’s 2019 recruiting video ‘The Perfect Taco’. Armanino is getting into the marketing business. In recent years, there’s been a push for CPA firms to serve as one-stop shops for more than just tax expertise and audits. And why not? Deloitte Digital has been doing it (and exceptionally well […]
PwC Has a Fancy New AI Tool to Law Around With
Today is the day that PwC ushered in a new era for professional services: a global partnership with AI startup Harvey, offering PwC’s legal professionals “exclusive access” (that is, they are the only Big 4 firm who has it) to the platform. It’s a shame we had to scroll all the way to the bottom […]
Are ‘Strong Leadership, Agile Working, and a People-Centric Value Proposition’ on Your List of Must Haves at Work?
UK businesses within the accounting industry are understaffed by 22% and leaders everywhere are busy telling each other the things accounting professionals — particularly the younger generation — are hungry for at work. Fewer hours? Better money? Not getting scammed out of accrued PTO with a switch to “unlimited” vacation? NAH. What we really need […]
Let’s Mesh Other Business Buzzwords to Form the Next Big Accounting Firm Name
First off, I want to thank those of you who reached out to us on Wednesday about Forvis being the new name of the combined BKD/DHG firm. I’ve been sick with COVID since early Wednesday morning and haven’t cracked open my laptop until now. I still feel like crap but OK enough to do this […]
Here Is a Graphic That Shows All You Need to Know About BDO’s 2021 Global Revenue
Pretty much all accounting firm press releases are filled with back-patting gobbledygook, but recaps of a firm’s most recent financial year take the word salad to the extreme. For example, BDO’s recent press release on its FY 2021 global revenue. Execs at BDO, the fifth-largest accounting firm in the world by revenue, probably gave the […]
Stop Using These Played Out Words in Your LinkedIn Profile Immediately
Are you passionate? Motivated? Responsible? Well guess what, you're also boring. LinkedIn has released its list of most overused nonsense words and you probably have at least 9 of them on your profile. Please, remove them immediately. Especially if one of them is "creative," since obviously you're anything but if that's the best you can […]
The Big Problem with Big Data for Big Accounting Firms
If you made a Big 4 drinking game and included the words Big Data, Cloud and Analytics, you’d be in the hospital before you logged your first eight chargeable hours of the week. These all started as leadership buzzwords, but in reality they’ve started to gain real traction, at least in my firm.
“The Extraordinary Possibilities of the Accounting Profession” Are Neither Extraordinary Nor Possibilities
Have you guys met Richard Caturano? He's the AICPA's latest chairman; a blue collar kid from one of the most racist towns in America who believes in wonderful things like diversity and the value of the CGMA. God love his spirit. Anyhoo, he wrote a piece for the AICPA blog the other day that trumpets the […]